The Portland daily press., 1887-05-16

wick Saturday afternoon. Goodwin, the
Colbys pitcher, was suffering from a very
lame arm, and was consequently hit hard by
the Bowdoins. Moulton, on the other hand.
was very effective, and held the Colbys down
to nine hits. But the latter pleyed with
steadiness, and ran bases with audacity;
and beat the Bowdoins by a score Of Z to 6.
There was a large crowd in attendance and
much excitement
The Bowdoins were first at the bat, but
Jailed to score. For the Colbys, Goodwin
came to the bat and struck out, Larrabee
was retired at first base, Pulslfer went to
first on Boutelle's error, stole second and
came home on Gibbs hit. Gibbs came home
on hit by Bowman, who stole second, but
was left there By Wages hit to centre field
being captured. Neither team scored In the
second inning. and in the third inning the
Bowdoins failed to score; but for the Colbys
Goodwin got hit, stole second and was adj
vanced to third on Larrabee's sacrifice hit;
he came home on wild throw by Cary. Pull
sifer got two bases on the error of the first
baseman, was advanced to third by an error
OF the second baseman, but was left there.
Gibbs got TO first on a hit, and stole second,
but the inning was closed by Bowman going
out on fly to shortstop, and Wagg going
out In the same way to the third baseman.
The score at the close Of the inning was to
o In favor Of Colby. In the fourth inning
Talbot, for the BOwdoins, flied out to second
baseman, Freeman got first on muT by
centre fielder, stole second, went to third on
BOutelle's hit, and scored on an error by
right fielder Boutelle got to first on his hit,
and was advanced to second by the right
felder's error, and got TO third on another
error, but was caught on his base by a dOu-
bic play. Dearth got first and second by er-
rors, and Larrabee got first on an error by
the third baseman, but Cary's fly was caught
by Pulsifer, in brilliant manner, while rum
ming backwards, and doubled up BOutelle
at third, leaving the score 8 to 1 in favor Of
Colby.
Neither team scored in the ffth. In the
sixth, Talbot, of the Bowdoins got a hit,
stole second, and passed ball placed him at
third; he came home on Freeman's two-base
hit, and Freeman, in turn, scored on BOu-
telle's two-bagger. Boutelle went to third
out and Cary's fly was taken care of by the
shortstop. The Colbys failed TO score In
their half, and the game was tied. The
Bowdoins were much elated and their friends
eheered wildly, In the seventh inning PEN
dleton came to the bat for the BowdOins, but
was retired on fly to left fielder. Moulton
got first ON an error by shOrtst0p, second on
WilliamsOn's hit, stole third and came in on
Freeman's hit. Williamson stole second and
also came in on Freeman's hit. Talbot
struck out, and Freeman came in on BOu-
telle's hit. Talbot struck out, and Freeman
came in on Boutelle's hit. Dearth struck
out, closing the inning, The Bowdoins had
run their score up to 6, and the spectators
were wild with joy. Colby seemed beaten
came to the bat for the Colbys, and got a
two-base hit, after Goodwin had been put
out at first. Larrabee went to third on a
passed ball, and came home on a mun by the
Bowdoin centre fielder. Pulsifer got his
base ON balls, and came in on Bowman's hit.
Gibbs got first on muff by centre fielder,
stole second, and came home on Bowman's
hit. Bowman stole second, and was left
there, while Gilmore was put out at first
base and Megqnier's fly was caught by third
base. The inning was ended, and the score
was again tied-6 to 6.
In the eighth inning the Bowdoins failed
to increase their score, but for Colby, after
Megquier had struck out and Bradbury had
been thrown out at first, Goodwin hit to
shortstop, who fumbled, and he was safe at
first; he stole second and third suecessively,
and scored on an error by the third baseman.
Larrabee who was then striking, got around
TO second base, but Gibbs retired ON fly to
left field, and the inning was ended, the Col
bys leading by 7 to q. The BOwd0ins began
the ninth inning with a determination to
save the game. Moulton sent long tly over
centre tielder's head, and got his second base.
Williamson knocked hot liner, but Good
win stopped it aud threw him out. Talbot
was disposed of by Larrabee's catch Of a
foul; Freeman came to the bat. Moulton
had reached third, and was awaiting a chance
to get home and tie the game. Freeman hit
long fly over centre field. There was tre-
mendous cheering as Moulton ran In with
the score TO save Bowdoin. But he was too
fast. Bradbury, the Colby centre fielder,
ran way back into the pines that line the
Delta. and reached into the air for the ball.
He got it, and as he shook IL above his head
the Bowdoin cheers died out The game
had .been, lost to Bowdoin because, sas
it was said on the campus tonight. Freeman
had knocked the long fly six inches too low.
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